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iCloud Offline due to Maintenance

All of a sudden and without any warning, my icloud drive is offline due to maintenance. People rely on this to work. When will this be fixed or what can I do to fix it?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Nov 6, 2021 7:50 AM

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muguy

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Posted on Nov 6, 2021 5:59 PM

You can verify iCloud system status at https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

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muguy

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Nov 6, 2021 5:59 PM in response to DarthTechy5

You can verify iCloud system status at https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

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